Portage Park

Portage Park is community area 15, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Forest Glen, Irving Park and Jefferson Park. It covers about 4.0 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Montrose (Blue Line), about 1.1 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

The Metra station Mayfair sits on its boundary with Irving Park.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 54 Cicero, 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd., 56 Milwaukee, 77 Belmont, 78 Montrose, 80 Irving Park, 81 Lawrence, 81W West Lawrence, 85 Central, 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland, 91 Austin and 152 Addison.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 74 acres across 7 parks. The largest are Portage Park (38 acres), Dunham Park (15 acres), Chopin Park (9.3 acres), Wilson Park (8.7 acres) and Dickinson Park (1.2 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Austin-Irving, Jefferson Park and Portage-Cragin. Divvy has 19 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: Six Corners (SSA #28) and Belmont/Central (SSA #2).

It falls within the 30th, 31st, 38th, and 45th Wards.

Sources: City of Chicago open data portal (community area and ward boundaries, ‘L’ stations, Chicago Park District parks, CTA bus routes, Chicago Public Library branches, Divvy stations, Special Service Areas); Metra station locations derived from Cook County Assessor parcel proximity data (2025).